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therobot Apprentice
Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 256 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 6:02 am Post subject: Fluxbox question |
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When I try and run konquerer from fluxbox, nothing happens. at all. Anybody have any clues as to what the problem is? |
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therobot Apprentice
Joined: 07 Jun 2002 Posts: 256 Location: Canada
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 6:21 am Post subject: |
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another question.
what is the slit? I read something about it on the fluxbox page. Is it the thing that shows cpu usage, memusage etc...
because if so, I don't have it, how do I turn it on?
thanks. |
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jay l33t
Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 980
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 8:28 am Post subject: |
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If you like to run kde apps in fluxbox you have to use the complete path sto start the application:
/usr/kde/3/bin/konqueror in your case.
The slit can contains docking applications, by default it is empty, so you don't see it. First you need to emerge a dockapp like bbrun (emerge bbrun) - after starting it, it should appear in the slit. _________________ Do you want your posessions identified? [ynq] (n) |
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Zu` l33t
Joined: 26 May 2002 Posts: 716 Location: BE
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therobot Apprentice
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 9:55 am Post subject: |
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thank you very much! |
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leej Apprentice
Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 280
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Quote: | When I try and run konquerer from fluxbox, nothing happens. at all. Anybody have any clues as to what the problem is? |
There was a bug about this but 'fluxbox' is showing up nothing in bugzilla and 'kde' is showing up nothing about fluxbox. Basically you couldn't run any KDE app at all unless you modified the startup script in /etc/X11/Sessions.
Here's what it should look like:
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#!/bin/sh
# Fluxbox start-up script called from /etc/X11/chooser.sh (xdm/kdm)
# Modified (completely rewritten) by Mark Gawler 12-May-2002
# Load .Xdefaults, .Xmodmap and run /etc/profile, ~/.xsession
# For some reason /etc/profile was not run during the starting of fluxbox so
# here seems like a good place to add it
source /etc/profile
# The start up of fluxbox seems to be sadly missing the running / loading of
# the normal user definable stuff when the user logs in via xdm/kdm so we'll
# do it here
startup=$HOME/.xsession
userdefaults=$HOME/.Xdefaults
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources
usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap
#Xdefaults
if [ -f "$userdefaults" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userdefaults"
fi
#Xresources
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
xrdb -merge "$userresources"
fi
#Xmodmap
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
xmodmap "$usermodmap"
fi
#xsession
if [ -f "$startup" ]; then
if [ -x "$startup" ]; then
source "$startup" &
else
source /bin/sh "$startup" &
fi
fi
# And finally we'll start fluxbox
/usr/bin/fluxbox
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Zu` l33t
Joined: 26 May 2002 Posts: 716 Location: BE
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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leej wrote: | Quote: | When I try and run konquerer from fluxbox, nothing happens. at all. Anybody have any clues as to what the problem is? |
There was a bug about this but 'fluxbox' is showing up nothing in bugzilla and 'kde' is showing up nothing about fluxbox. Basically you couldn't run any KDE app at all unless you modified the startup script in /etc/X11/Sessions.
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Please add this in bugzilla, if it can make fluxbox better than this is a great thing
Greets |
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leej Apprentice
Joined: 18 May 2002 Posts: 280
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Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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It's in there, or rather it was. That's where the script came from. It just wasn't showing up on this mornings search. If the Bugzilla search hadn't screwed up and the result was legitimate, then it's been removed for some reason within the past 48 hours. Perhaps this script has since been introduced into the fluxbox ebuild? |
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taskara Advocate
Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Posts: 3763 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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hey - I've just moved from kde to fluxbox, and let me say.. OMG.. I LOVE IT!!
anyway, I use kopete for icq / msn, but it doesn't run under fluxbox unless I type the full command "/usr/kde/3/bin/kopete"
is there a way I can add kopete to my menu then? because when I do, it does nothing cause it can't find it.
I hope I'm making sense
do I specify the full /usr/kde/3/bin/kopete command ? I tried this under my menu file, but still doesn't work.
thanks! |
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Roderik n00b
Joined: 06 Jun 2002 Posts: 55 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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i've got this quick and dirty solution, just make a script
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nano /usr/bin/kopete
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#!/bin/bash
/usr/kde/3/bin/kopete
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save it and add it to your menu
now when you run it it will start kopete
maybe not the nicest of solutions but it works for me |
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delta407 Bodhisattva
Joined: 23 Apr 2002 Posts: 2876 Location: Chicago, IL
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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You could make a symlink as well, but that may not work in certain situations where the application expects to be in a certain directory. I think you'd be better off modifying your xsession file. |
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taskara Advocate
Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Posts: 3763 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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you can just specify the direct location in your menu file
which makes it dead easy!
from my menu file:
[submenu] (Net)
[exec] (gaim) {gaim}
[exec] (kopete) {/usr/kde/3/bin/kopete}
[end]
thanks guys,
maybe you can use this too! |
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taskara Advocate
Joined: 10 Apr 2002 Posts: 3763 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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maybe one other thing you can help me with..
I emerged a program for fluxbox that sits in the slit area and let me see all 4 virtual windows (workspace)
now I can't remember what it was! argh! any ideas? |
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delta407 Bodhisattva
Joined: 23 Apr 2002 Posts: 2876 Location: Chicago, IL
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Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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taskara wrote: | you can just specify the direct location in your menu file |
Bah! Don't confuse us with easy ways of solving problems
Seriously, though, the new xsession file is better -- it uses /etc/profile to get the path variable, for instance, which means you can use "kopete" instead of "/usr/kde/3/bin/kopete" and is far less likely to break things. |
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